International Trade, Finance and Development Program

"I am a Research Fellow at Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD), a research program within Harvard‘s Center for International Development. EPoD, formerly MDI, produces microeconomic research directed at shaping policy in developing countries. All of our projects are conducted abroad and thus the job is an exciting mix of microeconomic policy design, econometric analysis and fieldwork. The projects cover a wide range of subjects such as microfinance or the design of environmental auditing schemes. The International Trade, Finance and Development master program prepared me very well for this job, as I apply the skills I learned in class every day. Also, outside the classroom, the faculty at the Barcelona GSE never hesitated in taking time to give career advice or share their personal take on the world of economics."

"As a Research Analyst for the World Bank, I am responsible for the issuance of a daily and a monthly report on Brazil’s economic activity, which is targeted for Bank staff. For the short-term, I expect to be allocated for operations with Brazilian states and municipalities as the Bank seeks to provide assistance regarding fiscal sustainability at the subnational level. In the long run, I would like to keep working with development financing and possibly get involved with international cooperation aimed for sustainable economic growth. I believe the Master in International Trade, Finance and Development gave me the analytical tools I need to evaluate events in the Brazilian and global economy. Moreover, it gave me a greater understanding of the drivers of development and introduced me to the development community."

"When I came to Barcelona I was not sure if I would like to do a PhD after the master program. At the end of the year this had completely changed. My courses not only introduced me to new and exciting fields of research, but also convinced me to pursue a PhD in Economics afterwards. Looking back, I realize how lucky I was to choose the International Trade, Finance and Development master program, as it not only gave me a good preparation for my current coursework, but was even more so a great motivation to continue my studies in Economics. Without the support of my professors in Barcelona I would neither have dared nor managed to do so in Stanford."

"I have two primary responsibilities. First, I am a corporate banking analyst on a coverage team that is responsible for banking technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) clients with whom Citigroup has had a historically stressed relationship.  My second responsibility is to calculate our expected return on loan deals that are proposed by other TMT corporate and investment bankers." Eye on Alumni Feature

Edward Corcoran '09

Economist
HM Treasury (London)

"I work within the Financial Regulation and Markets section of HM Treasury, the UK's finance and economics ministry. My work combines research, analysis and policy development on a range of areas related to the financial sector, including prudential banking regulation, macro-prudential tools and frameworks, and transparency and disclosure by financial institutions."

Juan Montecino '09

Research Assistant
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

"I landed a job as a research assistant more or less right after getting to D.C. – and having ITFD on my resume certainly helped.  I am working in the international side of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a small progressive think tank here in Washington, DC.  My duties consist mostly of researching IMF policy and Latin American economic developments, which is exactly what I wanted."